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Saturday, 19 May 2012

Joseph Benjamin, Funke Akindele married but living single

Nigerian movies usually have good stories but the production
is always wrong. Except for a few of the. This is mostly because they are low
budget. Watching Married living single however has changed my mentality. One
can actually achieve good quality at a tight budget. Not that it was a cheap
film, one could tell that the producer used good hands, and the output shows
for it.

The media unveil was held during the week and the movie held
journalists spell bound. Of course only a part of the movie was shown, and the
question on everybody’s mouth was, ‘when will it get to the cinemas’. According
to Ayo Akindele the Publicist to the distributors, Blue pictures’ She explained
that the movie will be out first on cinema from Monday and might later go on
CD.

From the synopsis, the movie is all about relationships and
how different folks get different strokes. First was a couple who had
everything, money, good job and healthy children, but the wife (acted by Funke
Akindele was such a workaholic and did not have time for her family. The
husband (Joseph Benjamin) soon got fed up and thing started changing in the
erstwhile peaceful home. The other home was that of a man who beats his wife at
every opportunity, he too soon got what was coming to him.

The movie was the first I had seen Funke Akindele acting in
English and also as a corporate woman. One could see her struggle with the role
a bit, but she eventually caught the bug, and it was smooth sailing for her.
Joseph Benjimine on his part was a little bit laid back, a big contrast to his usually
sharp demeanour. That usually is the lot of self-employers as he portrayed in
the movie.